After going through the FAQ of the Akka license, it looks like we cannot backport the BSL codes to the Apache License branch.
> If there is a newer version of the software under BSL, can I backport any of > the code to an older, Open Source, version of Akka? > No. In this circumstance, you would either violate Lightbend’s copyright by > re-releasing the code under Open Source, or you would violate the earlier > Akka version’s Apache license by introducing incompatible BSL code (i.e., > code subject to a use limitation not allowed by the Open Source Apache 2.0 > license). It will cause us a lot of effort to maintain the code, even if we just want to backport some critical bug fixes. [1]https://www.lightbend.com/akka/license-faq Willem Jiang Twitter: willemjiang Weibo: 姜宁willem On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 6:25 AM Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > > Before going too far with this I would be interested to know: > 1. Who the initial committers/PMC members would be. > 2. How much familiarity the proposed people already have with the code base. > 3. How diverse the community is from an employment point of view. > > In other words, I would be concerned if this is pushed by just 3 or 4 people, > none of which have ever spent much time in the code, and who all work for > the same employer. > > Ralph > > > On Sep 26, 2022, at 11:11 AM, PJ Fanning <fannin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Apologies if this is not the right mailing list. If it is not, please > > let me know and I'll switch the thread to the right list. > > > > Lighbend [1], the company that maintains the popular open source > > framework, Akka [2], recently announced they are moving Akka to a > > non-OSS commercial license [3]. > > > > There is interest in the OSS community in forking Akka under a new > > name and maintaining it as an ASF project [4]. > > > > It is early days yet but there is some discussion online [5]. > > > > Reading the incubator cookbook, a new podling would need to have > > champions and mentors from within the Incubator PMC [6]. > > > > I would like to put my name forward for such a role, as an existing > > ASF member [7]. > > > > If anyone else in the Incubator PMC would like to get involved, that > > would be great. > > > > Regards, > > PJ > > > > [1] https://www.lightbend.com/ > > [2] https://akka.io/ > > [3] https://www.lightbend.com/akka/license-faq > > [4] https://github.com/mdedetrich/akka-apache-project > > [5] https://github.com/mdedetrich/akka-apache-project/discussions/9 > > [6] > > https://incubator.apache.org/cookbook/#does_our_project_fit_the_apache_incubator > > [7] https://whimsy.apache.org/roster/committer/fanningpj > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
